Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
Posts about bare knuckle prizefighting and early gloved professional boxing from 1850 la 1930.
Marți, Februarie 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, California. The 28-year-old Nelson won the title by knocking out the great Joe Gans in 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits
Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions of the Nineteenth Century, he did not fight very often. Hyer normally paid his bills as an enforcer for political parties in New York. Inițial, Hyer employed his talents for the Whigs but would switch allegiances to the “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
Luni, Mai 30, 1892, the great Peter Jackson boxed a gloved bout with former protégé Frank Slavin. Ambii bărbați au trăit și au luptat în Australia, deși interesul fanilor l-a determinat pe Jackson să facă turnee în lume pentru a profita de oportunitățile financiare din Statele Unite și Anglia. Ca și în Australia, Jackson a găsit adesea boxeri albi care nu sunt dispuși să lupte cu el. Few
St. Louis, at the beginning of the 20th Century, had a prominent professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, although born in San Francisco, was based in St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell defended his World Featherweight Boxing Championship against frequent rival Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the
Sam Langford este considerat unul dintre cele mai mari lira pentru luptătorii lire din toate timpurile. Born on March 4, 1883 în Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 la 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. He
La data de 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Pretențiile la campionat erau foarte tulburi la acea vreme. Trucurile și trucurile murdare au ascuns adesea cine era de fapt campion american. Jem Mace, care a fost considerat campion mondial de două ori în timp ce lupta în Anglia, a fost semnat să-l întâlnească pe Tom
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
Oliver Leonard Kirk are distincția de a fi singurul boxer olimpic de a câștiga o medalie de aur în două categorii de greutate diferite în aceleași Jocurile Olimpice. Oliver Kirk realizat acest feat în orașul său natal Jocurile Olimpice din 1904. St. Louis a găzduit de-a treia Olimpiada timpul 1904 World Fair Exposition. Cum ar fi Jocurile de la Paris cu patru ani înainte, St. Louis gave
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Deși faimos pentru lupta împotriva lui John L. Sullivan în ultima luptă cu premii la campionatul mondial, disputată sub regulile simple, Jake Kilrain a luat parte și la multe lupte cu mănuși. Luptele cu premii treceau de la regulile cu nodurile goale la lupte cu mănuși în conformitate cu Regulile Marquesului de Queensberry (box amator timpuriu și profesionist) la sfârşitul secolului al XIX-lea. Ca Sullivan, Kilrain avea să lupte în majoră